Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is a 2011 American adventure comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell. The film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Jenny Slate with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox, and produced by Regency Enterprises and Bagdasarian Productions. The film is a sequel to the 2007 Chipmunks film and its 2009 sequel, and was released on December 16, 2011.
Plot
During a cruise, for a family vacation, the Chipmunks and Chipettes
turn the ship into their personal playground causing trouble and running
amuck as they will. Dave (Jason Lee) notices that his old boss, Ian Hawke (David Cross)
working as a safety monitor on the cruise. Alvin goes parasailing on a
kite and he flies away with the other chipmunks. Dave goes on a hang
glider to find them with Ian and they both end up in the ocean.
Meanwhile, the six chipmunks find an island and they sleep for the
night. Dave enlists Ian's help find the same island and begin looking
for the six chipmunks. The next morning, the chipmunks go and find food
and while doing so, an island castaway named Zoe (Jenny Slate)
shows up and sees the Chipmunks and Chipettes for the first time. They
then go to Zoe's tree house and Simon gets bitten by a spider, the side
effects include personality changes and loss of inhibition.
The morning after, everyone observes Simon's personality has changed
and he becomes a French, adventurous chipmunk named Simone. Simone asks
Jeanette to dance to Alvin's dismay. Later, Zoe takes Simone, Jeanette,
Eleanor and Theodore to a waterfall and Simone finds a cave. He returns
with a gold bracelet which he gives to Jeanette. Brittany and Alvin see
an active volcano the next day and they decide to leave the island.
Theodore and Simone find Dave and Ian and they go to meet with the other
chipmunks. They all begin to prepare a raft to get them off the island
and everyone was assigned a job. When Jeanette and Simone go and look
for food, Zoe kidnaps Jeanette and Simone becomes unconscious, and
reverted to normal.
Everyone finds Simon awake and he can't remember anything since the
bite. They discover that Zoe has taken Jeanette and they head towards
the waterfall. When they approached the tree log to cross, Dave and
Alvin decide they'll go and find Jeanette. As Zoe forced Jeanette to get
the treasure by tying her to a rope, Alvin and Dave came to save her.
The island began to rumble again and Zoe let go of the rope and Jeanette
ran with Dave and Alvin back to the raft. When they reach a log to
cross, Dave almost falls.
Alvin asks Zoe to help save Dave. They then ran towards the raft and
escaped the eruption. While on the raft, Zoe apologizes to Jeanette for
kidnapping her and forcing her to get the treasure. As a gift, Jeanette
gives Zoe the gold bracelet that Simon had given to her. Alvin
reconciles with Dave and they are rescued. The Chipmunks and Chipettes
perform at the International Music Awards.
In the film's epilogue, the Chipmunks, the Chipettes, and Dave are on
a plane heading back home. Alvin is speaking on the pilot's microphone
that the plane's destination is set for Timbuktu, accidentally pushes the food cart, and it hits Dave.
Cast
- Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville
- David Cross as Ian Hawke
- Jenny Slate as Zoe
- Andy Buckley as Captain Correlli
The Chipmunks
- Justin Long as Alvin Seville (speaking voice)
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon Seville (speaking voice)
- Jesse McCartney as Theodore Seville (speaking voice)
- Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. as Alvin Seville (singing voice)
- Steve Vining as Simon Seville (singing voice)
- Janice Karman as Theodore Seville (singing voice)
The Chipettes
- Christina Applegate as Brittany (speaking voice)
- Anna Faris as Jeanette (speaking voice)
- Amy Poehler as Eleanor (speaking voice)
- Janice Karman as The Chipettes (singing voices)
Production
On October 26, 2010, according to 24 Frames from the Los Angeles Times, Mike Mitchell, the director behind Shrek Forever After, was in negotiations with Fox to direct the new film. It is expected to involve the Chipmunks and the Chipettes getting shipwrecked.[5]
Reception
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked received mainly negative reviews from film critics. It currently holds a 13% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 67 reviews.[6] Actor David Cross has spoken critically of the film, calling it "the most unpleasant experience I've ever had [during production]."[7]
Box office
As of March 18, 2012, the film has grossed $131,648,401 in the United
States, along with $202,661,935 in other territories, for a worldwide
total of $334,310,336.[4]
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked made $6.7 million on its opening day, which was lower than the opening day grosses of the original film ($13.3 million) and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ($18.8 million).[8] For its opening weekend, the film ranked at the #2 spot behind Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
and grossed $23.2 million, which was less than the opening weekends of
the franchise's previous two films, $44.3 million and $48.9 million
respectively.[9]
Marketing
Soundtrack
The official soundtrack was released on November 15, 2011.[10]
Video game
Main article: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (video game)
The official video game was also released with the film's soundtrack. Available only for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and on Kinect for Xbox 360.[11]
Home media
The film is set to be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 27, 2012 from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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